Movies like The First Lesson of True Love (1995)
The best movies like The First Lesson of True Love (1995) are AI Love You (2022), Jan Dara: The Beginning (2012) and Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between (2022). If The First Lesson of True Love hooked you with its romance and drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedGabriel's Inferno: Part III (2020)8.3/10 from 1,097 votes
- NewestLove Me Love Me (2026)Released 2026
AI Love You (2022)
A modern love story set in the near future where an AI building is powered by human feelings. Due to a software glitch, it falls in love with a real girl, escapes the building into the body of a real man, and tries to win her affections.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJan Dara: The Beginning (2012)
Jan, a young boy, grows up without a mother and is often insulted by his father. He struggles with his life as he longs to be with several women, even Madame Boonleung, his father's lover.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisHello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between (2022)
Clare and Aidan make a pact to break up before college — no regrets, no broken hearts. But will one epic goodbye date offer them a last chance at love?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTime Is Up (2021)
Vivien, an accomplished student with a passion for physics, and Roy, a troubled young man, are involved in an accident that forces them to reclaim their lives one minute at the time.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLove Everlasting (2016)
Bridger is a young outsider who's always wanted more. He and his mother flee an abusive home, eventually finding a small town in the middle of nowhere. Once there, Bridger finds true acceptance with another misfit.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Secret: Dare to Dream (2020)
A widow with three children hires a handyman to fix her house during a major storm. When not doing home repairs, he shares his philosophy of believing in the power of the universe to deliver what we want.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSee You Soon (2019)
A U.S. soccer star suffers a career-threatening injury in the run-up to the World Cup, and during his recovery, embarks on an epic romance with a Russian single mom.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisNewness (2017)
In contemporary Los Angeles, two millennials navigating a social media–driven hookup culture begin a relationship that pushes both emotional and physical boundaries.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFire with Fire (1986)
A tough, street-smart kid serving a sentence in a state youth reformatory meets a beautiful, innocent girl studying at a nearby convent. When forbidden love blossoms between them, they must fight the prison authorities, their parents and the law.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBlind (2017)
A novelist is blinded in a car crash that killed his wife and several years later rediscovers his passion for life and writing when he embarks on an affair with the neglected wife of an indicted businessman.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLove Me Love Me (2026)
After her brother's death, June moves to Milan for a fresh start, finding comfort in Will, the perfect honor student at her new international school. But when his troubled best friend James—hiding a dangerous life in clandestine MMA fights—sparks a rivalry that quickly turns into irresistible attraction, June must choose between safety and a love that upends everything she thought she wanted.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMarked Men: Rule + Shaw (2025)
Shaw Landon has loved Rule Archer from the moment she laid eyes on him. Rule, a fiery-tempered rebel tattoo artist, doesn’t have time for a good girl pre-med student like Shaw — even if she’s the only one who can see the person he truly is. She lives by other people’s rules; he makes his own. But a short skirt, too many birthday cocktails, and spilled secrets lead to a night neither can forget. Now, Shaw and Rule must figure out how a girl like her and a guy like him are supposed to be together without destroying their love…or each other.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisReally Love (2020)
A rising black painter tries to break into a competitive art world while balancing an unexpected romance with an ambitious law student.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Lost Husband (2020)
Trying to put her life back together after the death of her husband, Libby and her children move to her estranged Aunt's goat farm in central Texas.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNot Easily Broken (2009)
A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNine Lives (2005)
Captives of the very relationships that define and sustain them, nine women resiliently meet the travails and disappointments of life.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGabriel's Inferno: Part III (2020)
The final part of the film adaption of the erotic romance novel Gabriel's Inferno written by an anonymous Canadian author under the pen name Sylvain Reynard.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisMoonlight Mile (2002)
As he copes with the death of his fiancee along with her parents, a young man must figure out what he wants out of life.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSylvie's Love (2020)
When a young woman meets an aspiring saxophonist in her father’s record shop in 1950s Harlem, their love ignites a sweeping romance that transcends changing times, geography, and professional success.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTwo for the Seesaw (1962)
After leaving his wife, lawyer Jerry Ryan moves from Omaha, Nebraska to New York City to start a new life. While studying for the New York Bar Examination and working to finalize his divorce, Ryan meets dancer Gittel Mosca, and the two begin a cautious courtship. However, Ryan feels that he must come to terms with his failed marriage and overcome his lingering attachment to his ex-wife before he can redefine himself and embrace his budding romance.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Scar (2014)
A story of the unrequited love. Kwan's love for Riam grew fonder while her love for him seem to fade as she was taken to Bangkok.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & romance
1448 Love Among Us (2014)
Pim is unsatisfied with her man and when he chooses to leave her to study abroad, she makes sure all ties with him are cut. Enter another woman, Pat. The two women embark on a relationship almost too quickly. They go as far as having a wedding, in which Pat's parents refuse to attend.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance & drama
Sway (2014)
Three parallel love stories set in three different cities are set against some of the major international events of the last five years, in this ambitious.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Slyth: The Hunt Saga (2023)
After apocalyptic fires make the world uninhabitable, a group of friends encounters a mysterious reptilian creature who holds the key to human survival.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Muen and Rid (1994)
The true story of Muen, a Thai woman living in the 1800s under the rule of King Mongkut. At that time, women had no rights. Wives and daughters were bought and sold as if they were cattle. Muen is regarded as being the first Thai woman to stand up for women's rights.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
I Love You Two (2016)
A story begins when Vivean, a gorgeous lady who believes in nothing but luck. She travelled to a shrine which was famous for asking for love but fate lead her to meet two bad boys, Jumnean and Tomorn, who is fighting to win her heart, along with bad omen that follows them like a shadow.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010)
Suffering from a kidney disease and sure of his death, Uncle Boonmee assembles his relatives in the countryside. He reminisces about his past lives and plans to visit a place before dying.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSininen uni (2012)
A short film about Jami, who have traveled to Pattaya 17 times. This time he takes his son to trip with him.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Trouble Makers (1986)
The local chief of the village has two beautiful daughters named Fah and Fon. Vaivit, a mechanic who loves to party with lots of girls, has feelings toward Fah, but never liked Fon since the first time he saw her. Vaivit’s parents go to propose to engage Fon without knowing she is the wrong girl.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Prisana (1982)
Based on Thai notable novel by V. Na Pramuanmarg. Prisana an American graduated student comes back to her Thai family. There is her destiny to meet Prince Poj-Preecha.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The First Lesson of True Love?
The closest matches to The First Lesson of True Love are AI Love You (2022), Jan Dara: The Beginning (2012) and Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between (2022). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The First Lesson of True Love?
Start with AI Love You (2022), the closest match to The First Lesson of True Love.
What is the highest-rated movie like The First Lesson of True Love?
Gabriel's Inferno: Part III (2020), rated 8.3/10 by 1,097 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The First Lesson of True Love?
Love Me Love Me (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
How are movies similar to The First Lesson of True Love chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The First Lesson of True Love, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.